| Former Country Name | Todays Name |
| Albion, is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain. |
 United Kingdom |
| Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek) 1795 to 1806, was the successor of the Dutch Republic and the precursor
of the Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810) |
 Netherlands |
| Bessarabia - historic region comprising most of current-day |
 Moldova and districts of Ukraine |
| Bohemia, prior 1918 the term "Bohemia" was traditionally used for today's |
 Czech Republic |
| Britain, the name Britain is derived from the Latin name Britannia used by the Romans for the Roman province on the
island of Great Britain (the portion south of Hadrian's wall). |
United Kingdom |
| Confederatio Helvetica - CH (Latin for: Swiss Confederation) |
 Switzerland |
| Czechoslovakia (Chechoslovakia) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic; on 1 January 1993, it split into the |
Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR); the formerly Soviet influenced eastern part of then in two parts
divided Germany, from 1945 - 1990. |
 Germany |
| Fortunate Islands |
 Canary Islands (Spain) |
| Helvetia - Latin name for |
Switzerland |
| Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1918-1929 renamed to Yugoslawia, since 1991 the countries of |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Macedonia
 Rep. of Montenegro
 Serbia
 Slovenia |
| Moldavia, created in the Middle Ages was a principality of |
Romania, its easterly extension now forming the state of Moldova. |
| Moravia (in German: Mähren) historical region in central Europe in the east of today |
Czech Republic |
| Prussia, Preussen (former kingdom of the German Empire) |
Germany
 Poland |
| Ruthenia (region; former name for Carpatho-Ukraine) |
Ukraine |
| Silesia, (in German: Schlesien) historical region of Central Europe located in today |
Poland
Czech Republic
Germany. |
| Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics = USSR (since December 1991 also known as the Commonwealth of
Independent States, C.I.S.) (former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire) |
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Estonia
 Georgia
 Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Moldova
 Russian Federation
 Tajikistan
 Turkmenistan
Ukraine
 Uzbekistan |
| Scotland, the former independent kingdom is today one of four constituent nations which form the |
United Kingdom |
| Spitzbergen |
 Svalbard |
| Transcarpathia (region; alternate name for Carpatho-Ukraine) |
Ukraine |
| Transylvania (region) |
 Romania |
| West Germany, was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; 1949-1990) to distinguish
it from East Germany, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) |
Germany |
| Yugoslavia (former name for a confederation of states in the western Balkan peninsula) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Slovenia
|
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